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identifier: 1339981
description:
epitope description:NANPNANPNANP
antigen name:Circumsporozoite (CS) protein
host organism:Oryctolagus cuniculus
antibody name:anti-sporozoite
aggregation:
instance of dataset
availability:
available
primaryPublications: 2409595
authorizations:
registration not required
accessURL: http://www.iedb.org/reference/1002736
landingPage: http://www.iedb.org/assay/1339981
type:
Literature
publicationVenue:
Science
dates:
1985
study type: b cell assays
subject species: Plasmodium falciparum
fullName:
F Zavala
J P Tam
M R Hollingdale
A H Cochrane
I Quakyi
R S Nussenzweig
V Nussenzweig
method:
antigen inhibition
name:
Rationale for development of a synthetic vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
description:
The circumsporozoite protein contains multiple tandem repeats of the sequence NANP.
Preincubation with the epitope reduced the indirect immunofluorescence antibody titer of a rabbit anti-sporozoite serum to P. falciparum sporozoites.